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Welcome to the greatest show on earth!

Except there is nothing great about it, but it most certainly is a circus. Chalk full of monkeys, clowns, and circus sideshows…its the Spartanburg County Straw Poll!
Politico’s Jonathan Martin is reporting the final revalation of the results this afternoon. Come to find out, McCain won the whole shabang. Apparently, with the heavy national scrutiny and [...]

50 votes over night?

The final Spartanburg numbers are in:
John McCain: 164
Rudy Giuliani: 162
Duncan Hunter: 158
Sam Brownback: 85
Mitt Romney: 80
Mike Huckabee: 21
It looks like John McCain found 50 votes over night while everyone else stayed the same. How exactly does happen?   

DeMint ranked as nation’s top conservative

Who is the nation’s most conservative United States Senator?
That would be our very own Senator Jim DeMint.
According to a new survey by the National Journal, Senator DeMint has a conservative score of 92.5, giving him the top spot.  He is also rated as the 99th  least liberal Senator with a liberal score of 7.5.
By comparison, Senator [...]

Roger Milliken wins straw poll

So how does a no name 5th tier California congressman pull a near win in a straw poll in the heart of South Carolina Republicanism?
It’s actually pretty simple. Score one the area’s largest employers.
It’s no secret that Roger Milliken is supporting Duncan Hunter for President. Now we aren’t conspiracy theorists. But, Hell [...]

And the winner is…

As the vote rolls in, a couple of interesting things are coming to light.  First Rudy Giuliani, a preceived social liberal, clearly is enjoying the big Mo even in conservative Spartanburg County.  Second, Duncan Hunter should feel really good tonight, no matter how short lived.  They clearly put together a solid ground game.  Here are the numbers [...]

Lindsey Graham holding up judicial nomination?

Confirmthem.com, a division of redstate.com, is reporting that Senator Lindsey Graham is holding up judicial nominations for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  According to the site:
The backlog in Fourth Circuit nominations is being caused by Senators Webb and Graham. Webb is a first-class jackass, and refuses to work with Senator Warner to get these [...]

More Trey Walker email issues

This morning we learned of anonymous attacks on Mitt Romney for the Spartanburg straw poll.  We were also reminded of McCain state director Trey Walker’s past email problems, SLED investigation, and near prosecution.
We now learn that that Trey has been using Henry McMaster’s state campaign for John McCain’s federal campaign.  From the email below we see that an [...]

Gettin’ ready for the rumble

 
The Hotline gives a good lead up to the Spartanburg County straw poll taking place tonight.  Check it out:
By most measures, tonight’s Spartanburg County GOP WH ’08 straw poll is not a big deal, despite being the first of its kind in South Carolina. Party leadership expects between 1200 and 1500 to show up tonight [...]

A trip down Memory Lane with McCain’s state director

Aaron Sheinin published an article this morning about anonymous letters and emails targeting Mitt Romney in Spartanburg for tonight’s straws poll.
One email titled “Mitt Romney has a family secret he doesn’t want you to know” said:
 “Those dark suspicions you hide deep inside yourself about Mormonism are trying to tell you something. Trust your instincts! The [...]

Graham Faces Enmity From Right

Here’s an interesting article from this morning’s Roll Call. 
March 1, 2007
By Matthew Murray,
Roll Call Staff
Despite taking moderate positions on certain issues that conservatives loathe, Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) long march to Election Day 2008 may be a lonely one.
Conservative Web sites in South Carolina have begged Republicans like state Treasurer Thomas Ravenel and U.S. Ambassador [...]

John McCain loses some friends

Yeah, this sucks.  Don’t laugh…it could happen to you too. From Wolf Blitzer:
Click here for video.
JACKI SCHECHNER: Senator john mccain’s ecampaign tried to set up a myspace account for him. They wanted to use that address myspace.Com/johnmccain. They found out it was already used. The mccain people reached out to myspace and asked to take [...]

McCain announces candidacy on Letterman

Click here for video.  We will find a YouTube clip tomorrow morning so that you won’t be so tempted to donate to the McCain campagin.   Come on Senator…we gave you mad props this morning for your new YouTube page.  Why don’t you use it?
McCain announces on Letterman that he is running for President and will make [...]

Hunter Drops Two S.C. Co-Chairs

 
The ink is hardly dry on the Bonnie Blue PR and Presidential hopeful Congressman Duncan Hunter’s consulting contract, but Robert Cahaley and Company are already making some major moves to hopefully improve the chances for their “dark-horse” candidate.
Paul Hyde is reporting on his Greenville News blog that Hunter will no longer have Lois Eargle and [...]